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Marigo Audio Lab Orpheus E3 Isolation Feet and SD-41/SD-31 SuperDots by Mike Girardi

November 21, 2023

      My first experience with a Marigo Audio Lab was their CD mat in 2005 when I had the TacT Audio electronics, Escalante Design Pinyon loudspeakers, and a pair of Uinta subwoofers. The [Read More]

The Entreq Konstantin 09 Cables, Page 2

November 1, 2023

Getting Down to Listening My listening room is 23’ wide by 20’ deep with 8’ high ceilings and a concrete floor covered with a Berber carpet. My equipment sits in a massive audio/video cabinet (104” [Read More]

Aric Audio Super 6SN7 Linestage Preamplifier by Mike Wright

October 20, 2023

  I had an exciting encounter at AXPONA this past April. I was going over some of the rooms I had been by and exchanging thoughts with one of my pals when a gentleman I [Read More]

Vera-Link Wireless Amplifiers by Greg Voth

September 17, 2023

  I just love this time of the year! I received delivery of a 4 TB SSD drive to expand my newly acquired 32-bit Memory Player’s library in the best way possible, a pair of [Read More]

The Aurorasound HFSA-01 EL84 Integrated Amplifier by David Abramson

August 9, 2023

Depending on whom you ask, our hobby either needs more oscilloscopes (objectivists), fewer designs-by-ear (also objectivists), more record players (people with too much time and/or money on their hands), or more young people (older people). [Read More]

Munich High End 2023 Key Kim Report Page 4

June 15, 2023

Absolare/Rockport Technologies/Metronome Kalista/Nagra The Absolare room sounded very striking. It was always crowded. The Rockport Orion speakers were singing driven by the Absolare Hybrid Altius mono amplifiers (120,000/pair), plus the Absolare Eternum preamplifier (85,000) uses [Read More]

Munich High End 2023 key Kim Report Page 3

June 15, 2023

  Thrax Audio/Hemingway Audio The first room I visited was by Rumen Artaski of Thrax Audio. There I was happy to see Mr. Jung of Hemingway Audio. Together they created a fabulous-sounding room. Artaski showcased [Read More]

Munich High End 2023 key Kim Report Page 2

June 15, 2023

Munich High End 2023 key Kim Report

June 15, 2023

Once again, the High-End Munich 2023, Europe’s biggest and most renowned audio trade show from May 18th to 21st, was spectacular! I was like a big kid in a candy store, and I wouldn’t have [Read More]

Capital Audio Fest 2022 by Bill Wells

May 24, 2023

Finally, after nearly a three-year hiatus from attending high-end audio shows, specifically during the pandemic shutdown, I recently found my way back and attended the Capital Audio Fest (The East Coast’s Premier Audio Show). Once [Read More]